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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-12-06

Janauschek in Granite Hall tonight.
The December term of court begins TODAY.
Dnbthera is on the decrease in the city
The sale of lumber in this city is booming
Togus Orchestra at Granite Hall tonight
Miss Eta Given is rapidly recovering
from the severe injuries she received Satur
day.
Yesterday was pension day, and the in
ternal drought of some may feel the effects
If an ardent shower.
Carpenters are at work raising the platform
of the scales in front of Longfellow & Hunt,
store on Water street.
Mr. Cunnngham~tels US that he lust re-
ceyed notice that beef hides had deprecated
one cent per pound in Boston
In the police court yesterday morning
Fred Britt was sent up for sixty days
Jane. Routh vas fined s. and costs.
A fine photograph Of the Skowhegan bali
nine for 1887, the amateur champions of
Maine. may be seen in the Office of Hotel
North
The Della Collins got to Gardiner Sunday
and hops were entertained yesterday that she
would be- enabled to reach her usual winter
quarters.
Nlr Fred g. Kinsman returned last week
from New York to take personal supervision
of the prescription department in his drug
store on Water street.
The annual dinner of the Maine Com
mercial Travellers Association will be held
On the evening Of Saturday Dec. 3lst, at
the Preblc House. Portland.
Deput, Sheriff James T. Hin passed through
the city route to Watcryile on the 10
O'Clock train Yesterday forenoon. He had
with him the child who was abducted by
Chas. + Ryan
IoJudge from appearances Augusta people
are 10 indulge in most merry Christmas this
year. Already the stores are DOMINIC their
holiday attire. and very beautiful one it
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strange sight IN Mount Vernon the other
day was man moving ON the ice. The
swamp winch was too wet to NOV IN summer
had frozen over and a good swath was being
for bedding
Inc municipal officers OF Bangor, held
meeting saturday, and decided to send Mrs
Sh"r'en of that city, who recently became
insane, to the hospital in this city. She ar
rived here the afternoon of the same day and
IL now under treatment
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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-05
FIFTEEN MINUTES TO CALCUTTA.
Wonderful Improvement In the Trans
mis,ion of Cable Messages.


SHOW soon will this reach CalcuttaF
asked white haired man as he slipped
ten word message through the receiving
wicket of the down town Office OF cable
company
Cant say exactly" said the receiving
clerk. "lt's 5 O'Clock now aud there's
work enough on hand to keep the wires
red hot till midnight. Wen get IL OF by
pa. m.n
"I'm sure you'll send it as soon as pos
sible, but that's not what mean. When
will il reach Calcutta. | retired from
business many years ago and have tor-
COTTON some things about cable iclegraphy
with which | was once familiar
"Why, il il leaves here at It'll get
there before $50 any way"
"You are joking, young fellow. re-
member well enough waiting week Tor
a message from India or Hong Kong; no
doubt the world moves faster now.
~ wonder what he would have
thought " said the clerk to reporter, III
told him that his message would he IN
Calcutta in fifteen minutes from The time
IL left here. And yet that is not an under
estimate uf the time, If no unusual delay
occurs in transferring from one system 10
another. The New York merchant OF to-
day does not fully appreciate the wonder
ful system of submarine inlvrcommunlca-
tion which is always at his service; nut
old city men know well enough the an
noyanCe and losses on European ana
ASiatic business caused through native
operators when messages had 10 he
handed from one government TO another
before they reached their destination.
Twenty years ago eight days delay on
Indian messages was quite common. Tcle-
grams that had 10 pass tlw1gh Turkey
were 'lrESt aside nt Euu.ta ' 'plc until
The uI,uncd operator taD. 'gau"l their
lines aud their work NJ mH'ilai"n often
cu~l the merchant hi, U"-Na4r and the
price Of repeat" when the rrrciNurwas
unable Ia translate The mnnGled English
delivered {" him In bombay or Iai, jtia.
"Nnw pll this is changed. British and
American operators are 10 he found IN all
parts "f The globe, much tO the surprise
OF outsiders who wonder why mai
cannot he trained 10 take charge of cable
circuits. Our operators proceed Ia foreign
stations and in the most unhealthy
Climate manfully do their duty. Mutt
lated messages are no longer common,
and the merchants Of this country reap the
benefit. The other day was asked why
half breed Spnniarls could not bc trained
TO take appointments at such places
as Vera Cruz anl Panama, where Anglo
SaXons cannot live. The real Spaniard
3 does not make model operator. What
I the Mexican operator would be like vii!
not venture TO suggest have heard on
good authority that it is nothing unusual
for a Spanish operator To give NJ. A.
/ CwaiD while he saunters 10 a neighboring
restaurant TO indulge in cigarette-re-
turning 10 90 on with his work when he
has finished his refreshments. II Is no
wonder that cable companies are glad to
secure English and American operators 10
10 their work, for they seldom forsake
their posts while they have leg 10 stand
on. New York Tribune Interview.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-05
Our Standing Army.

Gen. Sheridan's report shows that we
have now lcs than $1,000 men in our
army. OF these 2, l02 are officers, so that
we have an officer for every II men. The
highest number OF soldiers ever in the
army was IN 1865, when we had about 800
NOR than 1000. 600 In 1890 there was
less than 900, and in 1910, shortly before
the second war with England. less than
10000 men guarded the whole United
States. Ten years later ~ 900 were sufii-
cient for all our needs: ANA in 1913, at the
close of the Mexican war. we had less
than $1,000 soldiers. and only 100 or so
more officers Than We have now. In 1861
the army jumped quickly from IL 900 to
ls6,0OO men. II increased right along up
10 1865. when il reached the enormous
figure above estated.-Frank q. Carpenter.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-05
Disclosures Of English Privat. Life.

The queen OF England has set the ex-
ample Of writing accounts Of private life
almost Unprecedented for their disclosures
of domesricity. She prattles about her
court and her family, her servants and
her friends: tells stories Of their sayings
and doingS as well as of her own, in a
style that oversteps all the ordinary bar
riers of delicacy or reticence. The
English, high and low, but especially
the high, follow the precedent. Hard
ly a year elapses without the pub
lication of memoir by some persons Of
quality, replete with gossip and some
times scandal. about pe"sons OF import
ance and unimportance wlich the subjects
never expected would be revealed. To
say nothing Of the exceptional Greyille
memoirs. there are Lord Beaconsfield's
letters, Lord IIoughton's monographs,
Lord Macaulay's biography. Lord NAL
mesbury's memoirs. Lord Minto's, Lady
Bloomfeld's, Lady Clementina Davies,
and last month Sir Francis Doyle's, all IL
which have appeared within ten or fifteen
years; all are crowded with incidents Of
20 called private life, repettions Of private
conversations, revelations of private char
acter: all were largely read and admired.
IDever heard one Of them criticized for
the freedom OF their disclosures in the
twelve years that lived In England
Adam Badeau's Letter.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-05
FUNNY THINGS OF THE WAR.
Queer Freaks Taken by Men on the
March-Carrying Looking Glass.

Queer Freaks Taken by Men on the
Misunderstanding q Looking Glass.
"There were lots Of funny things about
the war" said Col. Frederick Martin OF
thc BROOKLYN Elevated the other day,
snow that you think OF them when the
tears are dried away, and about the fun
niest things recall were the queer arti-
cles the boys used to pick up on the march
and the eccentric way in which they'd
tote 'em along to finally adOrn some ditch
by the wayside. Stragglers were the
worst at this, but all the fellows were bad
enough. Whenever the army went
through first family residence the boys
would capture what struck each as most
attractive, and some Of their tastes were
peculiar. They had great weakness for
cradles. You may ask me what man
trcading his way TO the front wanted with
mahogany cradle and I'm blest II l
know, hut they took 'em. First one man
would back a cradle and cart il dozen
miles: then he'd begin TO cuss and finally
drop II.
Now you'd suppose that any ordinary
idiot would Just look at cradle as il lay
| in the ROAD and pass on, but they wouldn't.
| and lug il few miles further into the Con
| federcy.
II recall one cradle that Travelled 100
miles on blue backs before il went 10 in
| crease the blaze of a nlcSs fire somehow
| they scemc'l Ia think vaguely that there
/ was a chance Of getting the infant sOOther
. home. Tut they never succeeded.
"Thr funniest thing ever saw carried
/ was looking glass high H. rnnr head
/ and two feet wide. saw il lir-i in the
/ parlur of central Nrgnian mansion and
ncNi on soldiers hlck headed Tor Peters
burr. Then lost siLiit Of il for two days
aud fuand il again prOpprd up against a
tree furri miles further HlUug, The next
IW -lN il truycliug lruGrrly Un strng
glrr h1rE. lie had Ms gnn ~ uuc hand
and naI slmehow strapped the glass .
that he cuuid get along without holding
fast t"it.
We'll. this trlluw must have gnt tired,
for the next day third man had IL aud
the ucNi u fourth THIS chap tuicd il on
tu the lines AT Petersburg Tie SET il mp
AGAINST tree took hong, regrf'Il luuk
at mil length Of his shabby sell aud turned
away with "A sigh.
- III Was Just us Ntll llht Ht hlh AhN
next minute along anne mimic bullet,
huLLing like hornet, aud hit the glass
square in the ceuter and smashed Il into
frame fun OF cracks radiating from
around the hole.
The heavier and the more useless things
were the more they rlnng In them, even
combining to escort pianos into untimc' /.
graves in mud hol bat the man wi
could steal rOckiu chair AVIS a white
robed angel in his own mind and the OBJ
ject ni universal envy.
"AnUthrr funny ling was to have the
sutlrr strike the camp loaded with con
lrus,d milk. I've saw n whole regiment
tttlug on n fence. en- I man with "A milk
can IN one hand dipping ont the thick
white stun with Ms rciinrer and llckiu :
Il OF with an cNprr ~ ot healitude that
would make Rap itc saint look sicb
In comparison. ~ York sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-05
Going Back to simplicity.

II is evident that the days Of brio a -brac
are numbered, and that we are about TO
feel n strong reaction toward the classic
STYLES and severe simplicity. The archi-
teCts and decorators in New York SAY that
people profess themselves weary Of the
clutter they have been having round them
in their houses and asked TO be furnished
In white and gold. OF course this was to
be expected sooner or later. In former
and less hurried times the reaction
would have been delayed some time lon
ger, hut in these days fashions change
with great rapidity.
Very likelywe may 90 all the way back
to the Grecian type of house before we
stop, when once the mania for simplicity
sets in, and il any one would know what
that type is beautiful example may he
seen ON Broad street. near GiHrd avenue.
This is a house built abOut forty years
ago by the late Mr.. Styles. II is very
beautiful in its plain square of white
marble, with the smallest portion Of rlas-
sic ornament and a great relief To the eve
after the hcwildcrmcnt Of curious things
which lately have been getting built
The peopl" in the suburbs wi.u are put
ting rustic stone walls Of prcpoSterous
thickness around their tiny Queen Anne
boxes had better take warning that they
will soon he out OF style. Philadelphia
Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-05

Among the visitors nj the panorama Of
Bull Run az Washington the other day
was lady Of striking appearance. who
seemed greatly interested In the picture
Of the fight. When the lecturer began to
describe that portion Of the battle near
the railroad track and said "ihe conflict
here can only he likened to features OF
the battle Of Gettysburg. and the dash
made at this point is said to have equaled
the famous PiCkett's charge, " the lady
seemed To take n greater interest in the
picture and when she turned 10 look at
the lecturer he recognized her MS the
widow Of Gen. Pickett, that dashing vir-
ginian who led the Confederate charge mt
Gettysburg. The lady is living at Wash
ington now and her name appears on the
pay roll Of the interior department as a
laborer. But Mrs. Pickett is not required
10 do laborer's work. She is assigned 10
clerical work. She Is refined and cul-
tured woman and is only one among the
widows Of renowned soldiers on both sides
OF the late war who MI small places here.
New Orleans Times Democrat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-05
Caleb Cushing's WAY.

Caleb Gushing had sovereign remedy
against the ills of the irresponsible and
reckless interviewer. Always courteous
10 the press. he received whnsoeyer came.
But he produced pen, ink aud paper and
caused the reporter 10 write Out distinctly
the first question proposed, Then he die
tated deliberately his answer. Succeed
ing questions had TO be put down in the
same definite form, and he appended his
answers as before. When the reporter
withdrew he was fully supplied and had
no reason or inducement to peryert the
record unless lie was utterly deprayed. -
Detroit Free Press.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-05
The Trades People OF Paris.

Paris is utterly given over to the
Philistines in the shape of a class known
here as ''the buying Americans, who
swarm at this season thicker than the
locusts during the plaques OF Egypt In
bued with the semi provincial idea that
Paris is the center Of the universe and
can satisfy every taste from the elegant to
the depraved, they take hurried flight
to the cool haunts of La Suisse or Ger
many, aud then descend upon the town
for the summer, when IL is deserted byall
save the bourgeOiSe and the ever present
shopkecpcr. The latter class Is glad
enough IA have the, 20 them, always rich
AmriCaus With open arms and fulSome
fiattery they receive them, aud proceed
with alacrity TO load them down with
last winters STYLES at ii'ruI" which
causes the true Partisan TO grin with sar-
donic Joy
The trades people OF Paris, from the big
hotel keeper to the proprietor of the
second rate cafe. from the SWr.l dress
maker Ia the small workiuuwHm, are a
set of thieves aud piCkp0uAcls, whose
peculiar object for venomoIs attack is
the long -lfTering American. who pays in
Sltntt NIi'l tulliAN VIII itflN4i i'l NA'lNs
who j, Ignorant 0f the language, power
less to defend himself and unw Hing TO he
warned by the cry of h. countrymcn who
have been flceccd before linn II the
Americans were pnly not 50 Wildly anN-
ious tn brtin and bur! But they cannot,
cannot wa't one n,ti,dte after thr.rgrrival
to learn some native process whereby To
cope with the raTacity of the parisian
shopkccper and n ev are made 10 pay for
bad pictures, defccsiye statuary, trum-
perry and articles de virtue in French gilt
and poor bronze, with which they proudly
return home 70 found art galleries and
instruct the III rtraveled. To this class
Paris is still that glittering, brilliant
fairy creature endowed with immortal
faith, the m stress Of the world and
crowned with the same glory she wore
when Napoleon III reigned over her and
called 10 her festal board English and
Americans, both 10 be royalty entertained.
Paris Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-05
ONE OF EplsoNs PROPHECIES.
The Making OF an Economic Electrical
Motor Merely q Matter OF Detail.

Some experiments which are row max
ing on both our elevated and surface
roads with view TO displacing horses by
electricity promise better than any OF the
many attempts made during the last ten
years. | remember Edison telling me one
wintry day at Menlo Park in 1878 that he
thought the inventors of the world had yet
ten years work to do before an electric
motor would be ready 10 do the work on
short lines Of railroad. He had not the
slightest doubt OF the ultimate success OF
such motor, and proved his own faith
in the future by investing large sum OF
money in experiments with motor OF
his own upon n mile track he built out at
Menlo mark. His dogged perSistcncy in
this particular direction does not seem To
have availed him much, although the
same will which enabled him 10 work for
three DAYS and nights without sleep, go
70 bed exhausted for two days and then
resume work has ended in fortune through
the success Of his light,
He said at the time; "Ascompared with
some uf our problems in electricity, the
making of practical and economic motor
is merely "A matter of detail. There are
more than hundred ingenious inventors
at work upon the problem aud not a
month passes but some little step in ad-
vance is made. One man finds n better
method Of construction, another dcvises
an efficient brake, another reduces the
cost ol the parts; one man simpliiies here,
another man improves there: and looking
at the motor in its imperftctiou ot to-day
| should say that by 1890 at the latest we
shall see II running noiselessly and swiftly
in e,rry large city, doing the Work OF
thousands of horses witho II noise, smoke
or dust aud Mt less expense.
This was nearly ten years ago and since
then ! r3yc kept II pretty ~hHIp eye upon
all that has been done IN this direction
Edison himself, stephen Field aud Daft
in this country have done much; but,
iudgug hy some motors sent over here
very recently aud now being used expert
mentally ON our surface rgadS, the Tor
eigners have got ahead of us, \ car now
running un the Eighth avenue road goes
all day with the electric power stored in
boxes underneath the floor / Is stopped
and started far more easily Than is the
/ case with horses, and the cost Of charging
and interest on the plant is said to he less
than the cost for horses. The same in
ventor who brings this car over says that
the running of light carriages by elec
tricity is an easy matter compared with
the running of horse cars, and that a
buggy can he fitted up with motor at
no great cost, and can easily carry a
charge Of electricity for fifty mile run.
When the fifty miles of electricity, 80 to
speak, are exhausted it will be necessary
to run the buggy to some dynamo station
for a new supply.-"H., Jr. " in Brooklyn
Eagle
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-05
The Goats ~ Bolivia.

While riding along we saw on the side
hills many f'ocks Of goats grazing which
seemed % he without guardian Oh
serving this TO my capataz he said 'Oh,
they keep dogs Ia guaul the goats" lust
then we were passing right through a
herd, which scattered 20 Ie r-hl and
left as we trotled by. | ,old my com
pan on that here at least there was no dog.
/ had hardly spoken when my mule gave
a start and kick Looking round saw
a shaggy black dog trying 10 bite my
animal
The goats are sent out in the morning
in charge of these dogs. which are trained
10 tGs" care Of the il0cks. IN fact they
are hrmgat up with the goats. and the
p puins tel IN goats milk. As they grow
mp thcr arr sent out with them. being
fed hcfore starting II any goats are
missing thcy get nothing al night. II the
flock is complete they are fed.-Bolivia
Cor. Sau francisco Chronicle.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-05
Look To Your Chimneys.

Chimneys ought to be examined fire.
quently 10 make sure that there are no
cracks in them IL is an excellent plan
to have the chimney so constructed that
il is never concealed by the wall Of a
room, thus preventing thorough exami-
nation of it. a house often settles, and
this cracks the chimney, but the crack is
hidden. BY and by fire makes its way
out, and mysterious fire" results. Al,
chimneys ought to he well plastered with
good mortar outside and in when they are
built. and the work of the mason should
be inspected thoroughly to make slre he
does a good job The chimney should he
cleaned al least twice year. II this Is
done il will not be likely to "burn out. y
II il does get on fire throw handful Of
salt into the stove. This will deaden the
fire almost Immediately. Remember this
and II may he Of benefit to you .-Ameri-
can Agrlculturist.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-05
The Astors and Their Gin.

The hstnrs have always considered
; themselves ahsnlved from the obligation
Of giving 10 the city because the first Of
their name 10 acquire prominence founded
the Astor library. To the S40O, 900 which
he beQucnthed, something like 100000
has been added by his descendants. and
the addition was sorely needed. Iremem.
Der, not long ago. that YOU could not get
at the library bit of paper as large as
your hand TO take notes on, II you
wanted any sort Of stationery you had to
supply Il youself What a condition was
that for great library Of the metropolis to
be ini-New York Cor. Boston Record.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-05
nefoRe THE BREATH OF STORM.

0sfore the breath OF storm,
While yet the long, bright afternoons are warm,
Under this stainless arch OF azure SKY
M air Is filled with gathering wings Tor flight;
Yef with the shrill mirth and loud delight
Comes The foreboding sorrow OF this cry
fIll the storm scatter aud the gloom dispeL
FAREWELL FAREWELL FAREWELL
Why viii We go 50 soon,
In these SOFT hours, this sweeter month than June
The liquid air floats over field and tree,
A veil OF dreams where do ye find the sting'
A gold enchantment sleeps upon the sra
And purpled hills-why have ye taken wing'
Dut faint, far heard, the answers fall and swell
Farewell. Farewell! Farewell!
Charles h Roberts In "Onting"
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-05
Dnn,t Hurry at Dinner.

Eat your dinner at an hour tbe II early
or lntel when you have time To digest il.
The blood like anything else in the econ
omy Of nature cannot occupy two places
st once. Blood used by the brain cannot
at the same time be in the stomach TO
digest the food There is more dyspepsia
from hurried dinner in the middle Of the
day than from dinners eaten az night
after the brain work is oyer.-Ladles'
Home Journal
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-05
Innhnn,s Vaccination BiII.

From the official reports inst published
on the cost of public vaccination In Lon
don il appears that the whole expense is
not less than 5000, 600 q year. In 1885
the fees and attendant expenses reached
$4jO.o0o, The cost Of calf lymph fac
tory alone Is over $4,000 per annum.
The inspectors and other officers fill out
the $500 600 Chicago Tribune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-05
Reformation of Copyict.,

Ohio Is about 10 undertake an expert
ment in the reformation Of conyicts which
will he watched with interest. An inter-
mediate penitentiary is being constructed
in which will be incarceTated first
terms" and Light sentence conyicts for
whose reformation there is hope.-Frank
Ipslie's
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-05

Mr.. Robert Garrett president Of the Bal
timorc and Ohio railroad. has three
private secretaries, one OF whom has he
come rich by specializing In stocks on tips
given him by his employer. Mr.. Garrett
owns one Of the finest private Libraries in
the country, and has decidedly literary
tastes -IIaTper's Bazaar
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-05
Van ,in,,L. and the CbIldrrn

Count Won Moltke Is fond Of visiting
the village school near his Kresau home,
and putting questions 20 the children.
The old gentleman is said 10 enjoy this
keenly; but it is likely that the children
don't Boston Budget
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-05
Railway cburcbe. in Russia.

Rnllweg churches are 10 hc attached 10
the trains In south Russia. Owiagto the
long lntos travelled and the tnUstant
work l..o 0''clals complain thu tncg have
no clla ''pu'trnd divine serN rr, 30 car
ringos l,,lel upas churches viii run on
Sundays nld frte days.-Chicago Herald.